HARTFORD, Conn. — A federal court jury has cleared a now-retired Bridgeport police officer of wrongdoing in the fatal shooting of a man doing a foot chase in 2005.

The U.S. District Court jury in Hartford determined Tuesday that Luis Batista didn't violate the constitutional rights of Raylyn George. The Connecticut Post reports (http://bit.ly/VkiVDA ) that jurors believed a state police report and the defense claim that George fatally shot himself by accident while running away from Batista.

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